Mudguard style shoe construction

Abstract

A shoe construction including an upper member preferably divided into two pieces, an upper and a mudguard piece in which the mudguard piece has a pair of depending side portions extending beneath the upper and joined along longitudinal abutting edges between the heel portion and the forepart of the upper member. The method of making this shoe includes slip-lasting the upper member after the upper and the mudguard piece have been secured together, and after the bottom edges of the mudguard piece have been secured. Thus, lasting is facilitated, because only the forepart and heel portions of the upper member need be lasted. Moreover, less attention is required for fitting the upper member about the last since the shape and fit has been substantially determined by pre-securing the bottom edges of the depending mudguard side portions.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. In a shoe construction, a. an upper member comprising an upper and a discrete mudguard piece, said upper member having a forepart, an intermediate portion, and opposite sides,   b. said upper having a forepart lower marginal portion, intermediate lower marginal portions on opposite sides, and a backpart portion,   c. said mudguard piece having a top marginal portion extending throughout its forepart and intermediate sides,   d. means securing the top marginal portion of said mudguard piece to the lower marginal portions of said upper, so that the secured forepart portions of said upper and said mudguard piece form a forepart pocket,   e. at least one insole member having a bottom face within said upper member,   f. said mudguard piece having spaced forepart bottom marginal portions secured to the bottom face to one of said insole members,   g. the intermediate sides of said mudguard piece comprising side flaps having abutting bottom edges,   h. means securing said abutting bottom edges together,   i. a forepart outsole,   j. means securing said forepart outsole to the forepart bottom marginal portions of said mudguard piece, and   k. heel means fixed to the backpart portion of said upper.   
     
     
       2. The invention according to claim 1 in which said insole member comprises a forepart insole secured to said forepart bottom marginal portions and a backpart insole above the abutting bottom edges of said side flaps. 
     
     
       3. The invention according to claim 2 in which said backpart insole comprises an elongated rigid shank member. 
     
     
       4. The invention according to claim 1 in which the forepart and intermediate lower marginal portions of said upper underlap the top marginal portion of said mudguard piece, said forepart insole having a peripheral edge coextensive with and abutting the forepart lower marginal portion of said upper. 
     
     
       5. The invention according to claim 1 in which said mudguard piece has only said forepart and intermediate sides, means securing the back portions of said intermediate sides to the backpart portion of said upper.